emotions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-choice activists rallying against the bill and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fierce debate why you are want to control our bodies. were never ever know. and i know that many of you have daughters mr wagner republican senators say this isn't about alabama's abortion law they want to see abortion banned nishan why. what this bill is designed to do is to go to the supreme court and challenge the particular precedents that. in 1703 that abortion is a legal. essential anytime anywhere for any reason the bill bans abortions at every stage of pregnancy unless a woman's life is in danger an amendment to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest was voted down doctors performing procedure could face up to 99 years in jail it's the latest in a wave of attempts by states to impose new abortion restrictions last week georgia governor brian kemp followed kentucky mississippi and ohio signing a bill that criminalizes abortions after 6 weeks. with republicans in control of most state legislatures and an inc

the answer from alabama legislature was no.otal ban, except i should say the republican sponsor of the ban during last night's debate and vote on the bill, he did still seem to think there was one exception. but i'll have to let him try to explain to you what he thinks it was. >> does the bill make exception for patients who are victim of rape? and of course i kind of know the answer. can you tell me why it doesn't? >> it allows for anything that's available today is still available up until that woman knows she's pregnant. >> up until the woman knows she's pregnant -- hold on. maybe this is one of these things that is easy to misunderstand. what it sounds like the republican sponsor of the alabama abortion ban is saying here is that a woman will still be allowed to get an abortion in alabama as long as she doesn't know she's pregnant. i think that's what he's saying here, but that is incomprehensible. just roll that part of the debate again. say it again. >> does the bill make exception for patients who are victim of rape? and

the fact of the matter is sadly legislature like the one you just played or me when i was in the legislature have to go to the microphone and tell our most personal, sad, toughest stories because we want to put a face on

legislatures -- most recently the state legislature in the state of tennessee seeking to make it more difficult for people to vote by adding artificial restrictions based on flimsy and phony reasoning that has no other intent whatsoever but to stop people from voting and to stop black people from voting. in no less than three cases, three federal court cases, states have been found to have intentionally discriminated in passing these laws. the second member of the trio are state legislatures across america. -- all across america. the third member of this terrible trio is a russian federation. the russian federation and its internet research agency called internet research agency called the irs. the ira and the russian federation, much has been written and much has been in the public domain and the public square about the role of russian interference in the 2016 election. but what has not been clearly articulated is that the russians had an intent, they had multiple intents. one of the driving intents was to suppress the african-american vote. our report, thanks to the research of the

to each southern legislature to get this past. they do make these arguments that make us wince. i think someone like does hope that in the end giving the vote to all women and hope against hope that maybe all willman women will be able to vote. she also makes the compromise that she is a pacifist but she says, for the movements sake it is better for us to support world war i and make ourselves seem like we are the patriots we are. she goes against her own very personal beliefs to support and to get the support of the suffrage organization. alice paul refuses to do that. to make amends carrie devotes the rest of her life to these causes, clearly this was a great compromise and moral decision for her. i think it is very telling that she is willing to do this because she thinks it will be good for the cause. that is something we have to realize. these women as political animals had to make these kind of decisions. they also don't support publicly margaret singer and birth control. what could be more important for women taking charge

and as energy storage becomes not only cheaput legislature after legislature, california, new york, arizona are all picking energy surrage over na gas. so nuclear is goo having to get safer and cheaper and easier to install. i would love to see to see it succeed but it duant match the energy maerkt today. >> we have progressive democr calling for a government-led program to create new jobs and clean energy. what do you think about that? >> it's fantastic. do i gree with everything they proposed? no. but they came win afo huge prupl a huge problem. and so it's a first draft. eband everyith a better idea, come in with an improvemeimprove from the green new deal. but for those on the sidelines who pollute andharp shoot those trying to solve the problem, i'm not going to gve you a single word until you stop polluting and come in wit an actual suggestion that's workable. they did. >> i think what's exciting about the green new deal also is it takes the environmental movement to environmental plus social moveme. understanding how lec trek vehicles can serveeople who kaen can't necessarily afford

thought were the domain of a legislature policy. how's that been working out for you? >> a few days after the settlement was announced, i took the time to address each of the various caucuses. rose petals were not strewn in my path. there was great consternation over me going around the appropriations process. complicated things are sometimes a challenge, particularly when people have made up their mind where this is simply a situation where you have gone around the appropriations process. so i emphasized that the options were not the appropriations process and the settlement. the options were zero, declaring bankruptcy because as i said, if i were providing legal advice to purdue i would probably already have them in bankruptcy because they're a position where they've got to manage their liability here and their liability is mammoth. they were, we felt, earnest in their admonition to us that they were not going to trial in oklahoma, that bankruptcy was an option for them. so in trying to avoid a zero outcome, what we came up with w

state to clamp down on abortion there were public and loud legislature bands to practice in almost all circumstances including in cases of rape and incest lawmakers admit the crackdown as part of a bid to overturn women's constitutional rights. also coming up the u.s. plays down speculation that it is heading for war with iran the state department also tells embassy staff in neighboring iraq to return told. also coming up hollywood a less listers to descend on the town of the annual film festival gets underway kicking things off and zombie films by art house faber jim jarmusch the dead don't dock features a star studded cast led by bill murray. and why of old gary and boxer has been bad a rash move. won't be able to find it in california until july. i'm sumi so it's got it's good to have you with us lawmakers in the u.s. state of alabama have approved the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted 25 to 6 to outlaw a. for sure that any stage of pregnancy even if that pregnancy resulted from incest or rape it would also send doctors who perform abortions or prison for life o

we must be active in the state legislatures. andpposition to suppression in favor of voter expansion it is our calling, it is our cause, it is our duty. let's give the brennan center another big round of applause. thank you for an sort report. [applause] discuss ways that russian trolls exploited racism to distort our democracy is laura rosenberger, a senior fellow at the german marshall fund. they are our other partner in this report. she is also the director of the fund's alliance for securing democracy. please welcome laura. [applause] good morning, everybody. i apologize for the slightly scratchy voice and occasional cough variant i came down with a cold. i am pleased to be here with the national urban league. i want to thank marc for his vision and leadership and wanting to include this important issue in the report. we have seen aed lot of discussion about russian interference in our democracy in the 2016 election. there has been a lot of discussion about the mullah report. one of the things that has been severely under di

over time, the legislature -- i don't want to say they had been modified -- but to a certain extent. jason: tell me a little bit about the settlement. crisis inn immediate oklahoma, and we had this longer-term national crisis, which is starting to crest. that is a lot of concern it will continue to get worse before it gets better. how is a settlement managing the need to focus on this clear and present immediate danger? mr. hunter: that is a good question. we are in considerations here. getting funds as a consequence of the suit that can be deployed over time. a program is up and running. it has momentum. what they will be able to do is add feel to what is already underway in the context of treatment, rehabilitation, an unusuallysu has relevant mission in regard to oklahoma because it has a network that connect them to small towns and we do communities -- and rural communities around oklahoma, and we thought that was a real selling point for oklahoma state, given the fact that we have a small town. get thosel be able to funds deployed in oklahoma state can get those funds deployed. b

the legislatures have punted. they fell down on the job. this really is a legislative solution, and we're stuck with it, right? so we're going to do what we can do. so i say that because i don't think there's any health law professor out there who would say that litigation is the solution to a public health crisis. so the question is sort of how can litigation fit into the broader policy landscape? and i think so far we've seen a couple of important benefits of the litigation. one is that it's definitely ratcheted up public attention to the crisis. it doesn't always happen that litigation is making the kind of front-page news that it's making, but it's making it. we're going to have a nationally televised trial. it's really attuned the public's attention to the crisis. it's also already prompted industry change, right? doctors are already prescribing a lot fewer opioids, in some cases too few opioids. we now have a crisis of underprescribing again in some limited circumstances, where people with cancer aren't getting the treatment they need

came out, had not talked about this in state legislatures, but after that interview, he tweeted this. as most people know, and for those who would like to know, i am strongly pro-life with the three exceptions, rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. the same position taken biron ald reagan. we have come very far in the

i look forward, now that my legislature is done, we have medicaid expansion through, to start working on iowa. >> why do you think 23 are running? gov. bullock: i leave that to you all. i think there is incredible energy and excitement and the knowledge that -- when i say we withn a dangerous place representative democracy, i really believe that. i imagine many also believe the same and that we have to do something to get the country we are going to hand off in a better place. >> thank you. gov. bullock: thank you for being here. we don't have sales tax. enjoy. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. , arkansasmorning republican congressman french hill discusses the trumpet ministry should's tariff policy -- a trump administration's tariff policy. and "washington post technology reporter is gus efforts by congress to regulate major technology firms as well as the recent supreme court cases involving apple. journal" andgton join the discussion. former vice president joe biden is in philadelphia this saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern to offic

the legislature became the first female majority legislature in the country in nevada. women now hold 51% of the 60 -- 63 legislative seats and the number legislative seats nationally also increased. we celebrate the fact that congress has 23% more women but the struggle continues and the work is not done. mr. chair and members of the subcommittee when era first gained popularity in the late 1960s and 1970s it was heard as a call for change just as the change continues for racial equality, fairness and justice some 154 years after adoption of the 13th amendment. the word for change they has become a call to act responsibly in a manner that ensures equity for all of its citizens. mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee i am before you today because i believe the foundations of the era for all people and restricting a time limit it can be found in a resolving clause as you have already heard. now is the time to show the local neighborhoods we as americans, we as americans to show the neighborhoods when it comes to equality we lead for all. equality for justice has ne

i look forward to actually now that my legislature is done, live medicare expansion, to spend more time in iowa.>> why do you think 23 are running? >> i mean, i would leave that to you all. i think there is incredible energy and excitement and the knowledge that you know, when i say that we are at a dangerous place in 243 year -- i really believe that. i imagine many of them also believe the same and that we have got to do something to get the country that we will hand off in a better place. thank you very much for being here. >> democrats are planning a longer reading of the molar work in a committee -- the robert mueller report in a committee setting. chemically to of be a u.s. ninth circuit court of appeals judge. on c-span3, house transportation subcommittee hearing on the grounding of the boeing 737 max airline after two fatal crashes. philadelphiais in this saturday at 1 p.m. eastern to officially kick off his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination. watch live coverage on c-span. we have covered the campaigns of 20 democratic candidates who have entered the race. wat

today albany, new york, the state legislature in the state where the president lived his whole life and where he headquartered his business interests, today the state legislature in new york voted that they would provide the president's state tax returns to congress if the tax-related committees in congress believe they need to see them. now there is no sign yet that the democrats in congress will take up this offer from new york state, which is offering to give them the president's state tax returns. but if the democrats in congress do ultimately decide to go that route, it is expected that those state tax returns would likely contain much of the same information as the president's federal tax returns, which he is fighting so hard to keep secret. and all that has happened in less than two weeks. and it's just the start. i mean now today for the second time in three days, a federal judge has ruled that financial institutions subpoenaed by congress to hand over materials related to president trump, those financial institutions must comply with those subpoenas from congress. on monday, it

republican legislature in alabama has just passed a law that would basically make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion in that state, punishable by 99 years in prison. this is the most extreme anti-abortion law passed by a state. it awaits a decision by the governor whether to sign that bill. cecile richards will join us next. ic rhards will join us next it's not small. but it's not just big either. it's the kind of big where you'll never have to ask, "should i scooch up?" it's big that looks at a sunroof and wonders why it can't just be most of the roof. it's big that's better because we built it that way. the spacious, 121 cubic feet of cargo space ford expedition.

even with that legislature. where we passed one of the most progressive laws on getting dark money out of our system. and just this last session we're the third state in the country to ban all foreign money in our elections. as tom said, in 2015, we expanded medicaid, given 100,000 people health care. and just this last session we got it reauthorized for another six years. record investments in public education, freezing college tuition six out of the eight years and making our 2-year colleges, tribal colleges not just about a degree but about a credential where somebody could get a decent job. so more montanans are getting a is a fair shot at a better life. montanans led the country actually in people -- the rate going into the middle class. that's how government should work. and fundamentally even getting progressive things done. sure, i try to work together but that doesn't mean you compromise your values. more vetoes than any governor in the history of montana. stopped every attack on a woman's right to make

republican legislature in alabama has just passed a law that would basically make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion in that state, punishable by 99 years in prison. this is the most extreme anti-abortion law passed by a state. it awaits a decision by the governor whether to sign that bill. cecile richards will join us next. i can't tell you who i am or what i witnessed,

alabama is the latest state legislature to push stricter abortion bills. last week georgia became the sixth state to pass a bill banning abortion after six weeks, when a heartbeat can be detected. with a solid conservative majority on the supreme court, many pro abortion rights advocates believe these new bills could one day be used to overturn roe v. wade. when you look at this clinic, do you worry that that clinic may not be here in a couple of years? >> no. we've been here 40 years, and we'll have another 40 years. you can't pass unconstitutional legislation to try to shut us

terry collins who is the alabama legislature who introduced this bill said the whole point of this is to make laws appropriate for the people and citizenry of each state. this is alabama's take on it. it does not necessarily affect individuals in new york. that said, there will be a lot of reproductive tourism if this law goes into effect in alabama and by that, you'll see women in alabama becoming reproductive refugees fleeing to other states that are more liberal and more accommodating laws. this changes the landscape. stephanie is exactly right. the whole purpose of this and activity that we've seen around abortion in this term has really been about this change in climate. they anticipate a more hospitable court, whether it the supreme court and legislating to put this issue in front of the judges. >> thanks to you both. we'll try to replay this entire conversation as this goes down the road to melissa murray and stephanie, our thanks. >>> coming up, this nation has been through a lot.

regardless of what is happening in the political landscape when it comes to your own state legislaturevast representation and getting women to the table in a meaningful way and a significant way that can change the conversation is the first step. there are not many legislators around the world where a majority of the members are female. what has changed in nevada in terms of politics since women are in the majority? i think you see a lot more legislation that concerns issues that affect us. we continue to have great legislation around the economy and around health care, but we have got bills that are specific to women's needs. we have bills that are looking at sexual harassment in the workplace, especially among certain elected officials, and saying we are ending these practices now. we are having conversations that in no way would have been had ten years ago always kind of old school thinking, if you would, around issues that could be discussed by a legislature. so in my experience occasionally when women start to do well in certain fields, they get some pushback from some of they get

but as the legislature has stated, that's their hope. >> roe v. wade specifies the degree of privacy and that's the way it was written. that a woman is entitled with respect to making a decision about abortion absent the government's interference with the first trimester. >> i think as terri collins stated, that's why this bill was written as it was. they don't want that sort of challenge. they want the complete challenge of roe v. wade. really this, we have to bring in planned parenthood versus casey if we're going to talk about that context. there are all sorts of burdens that have to be overcome in this. but they are going for a direct challenge. so this context, they were very deliberate about the reasoning behind that. but i think that there are other things in the bill that are going to defeat it as well. they have the provision and the bill regarding the admitting rights to hospital. on the exact issue. >> thank you for joining me. they are a partner with the five points law group based in birmingham. alabama's bill is one of the most restr

>>now if you're wondering why the state legislature is getting involved in this issue there is a state law that says that no entity like a city can charge to use a public road unless they go through the legislature. in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. >>let's take a look outside as we get ready for the weekend which is not too far away and the evening commute home is a little bit easier when you have this you is certainly is beautiful of their lives joins us with a look at the 4 zone forecast of course we're inching toward the changes for the weekend to i think today probably the warmest day of the week tomorrow is going to be another nice day don't get me wrong. it will be very close to what we had today but changes for the weekend as we've got low pressure that approach the coastline bringing us some clouds and maybe even a couple of scattered showers outside right now it's a little hazy out there most that see hayes continuing to blow in this. we've got that sea breeze kicking into gear right now but otherwise these temperatures very very nice. in fact we warmed up anothe

i look forward to, now that my legislature is done and we've got medicaid-- medicare expansion through. >> i would leave that to you all. i think there's incredible energy and excitement, and a knowledge that when i say we are in a dangerous place, i really believe that. i imagine many believe the same and we've got to do something to get the country that we are going to hand off in a lot better place. >> thank you very much for being here. we don't have sales tax. enjoy. >> people thought it was important enough to carry it on. there are probably others written by people who were enslaved but this is the only known existing manuscript in arabic. it isn't by a slave. >>> treasury secretary steve mnuchin let secretary does congress know that is unlikely to release tax returns as democrats subpoenaed the irs for six years of the president's personal and business returns. secretary mnuchin one in front of a secretary subcommittee to answer questions about that and other issues before the

one is by a system of fundamental law, standing above the elected legislature and enforced by judges. the other is representative politics, which creates a class of professional politicians with an interest in softening extremes in order to broaden their electoral appeal. representative politics is a very imperfect mechanism for achieving this, but in the long run, political constraints on the part of majorities are likely to be a great deal more effective than legal ones. why do we believe in democracy or think we do? what are the proper limits of democratic choice? what rights ought a democratic constitution ought to protect, even against the will of the people? when the british argue about these questions, as they often do, they generally look to the united states. sometimes as an inspiration, sometimes as a warning. yet, in spite of a close similarity of political outlook, the american constitutional tradition is the polar opposite of the british one. at its most basic level, the difference is between two models of the state, a legal model and a political one. the constitution of

and motions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-abortion activists rallying against the bell and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fierce debate. why do i want to control our bodies. i would never ever know. and i know that many of you have daughters mr wagner conservative legislators say this is about more than the law in alabama they want to see abortion banned in white and so the focus of this bill certainly is on the child it will make its way up to the supreme court where we can revisit roe v wade and place into law all places in jurisprudence of the united states this understanding that science and technology has been clear about that there is in fact a life in the womb that life ought to be protected the alabama bill bans abortions at every stage of pregnancy unless a woman's life is in danger an amendment to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest was voted down by doctors who perform the procedure could face up to 1009 years in prison and it's the latest in a wave of attempts by states to impose new abortion restrictions last

and motions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro abortion activists rallying against the bill and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fierce debate. why you all want to control our bodies our will never ever know. and i know that many of you have daughters mr wagner conservative legislators say this is about more than the law in alabama they want to see abortion banned and why and so the focus of this bill certainly is on the child will make its way hopefully up to the supreme court where we can revisit the way and place a wall places in jurisprudence of the united states understanding that science and technology has been clear about that there is in fact a life in the womb that life ought to be protected the alabama bill bans abortions at every stage of pregnancy unless a woman's life is in danger an amendment to allow exceptions in cases of rape and incest was voted down by doctors who perform the procedure could face up to 1009 years in prison it's the latest in a wave of attempts by states to impose new abortion restrictions last week geor

living conditions on - - constitution spawns expert agencies from the epa to make rules like the legislature to administrator like the executive and adjudicate and punish like the judiciary this regime with the government by decree from bureaucrats and judges and lack of separation of powers is not democratic self-governance something more like tyranny hard or soft depending on whether or not you are caught in its clutches. but to the living constitutionalist from yale and harvard trained judges making rules for a progressive society to use their language, guided by enlightened principles of social justice to protect workers, the disadvantaged and other groups that is what constitutes real democracy. so now we have the freedom party with unelected judges and bureaucrats saying what fairness is. my book recounts the amazing and tragic tale of this retreat from self-government. this constitutional d formation as justice thomas has driven to appear for brevity's sake let me recount that history here from his most of important opinions to hear the saga at the same time a clear view of his remark

state to clamp down on abortion the republican led legislature bans a practice in almost all circumstances including in cases of rape and incest lawmakers admitting the crackdown as part of a bid to overturn women's constitutional bronx. also coming up the u.s. plays down speculation that it's heading for war with the wrong spot the state department also tells embassy staff the neighboring iraq to return home. to san francisco becomes the 1st u.s. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology but it stopped short of banning private businesses from scanning the public. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us lawmakers in the u.s. state of alabama have approved the country's toughest abortion law the state senate to foetid 25 to 6 to outlaw abortion at any stage of pregnancy even if that pregnancy resulted from incest or rape it would also send doctors who perform abortion to prison for life outside the legislature women's groups protested the bill it will now go to the state governor for her approval now the minority democrats denounced the law but the majority republican

what else do these state legislatures have in common? they rank among the lowest when it comes to gender representation and women in power. meanwhile, here in the senate, republican leader mcconnell has lined up even more extreme ideological judicial nominees who have records of restricting women's rights. just last week, as i mentioned, the republican majority confirmed ms. wendy vitter, who once promoted the concept that contraceptives cause cancer and claimed that planned parenthood kills 150,000 women a year. that anyone could make those statements and then be approved by this senate chamber for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench tells you the standards that are being used by the trump administration and by the republicans in this body. she was confirmed to a lifetime appointment. this week the senate is considering mr. daniel collins, who has been nominated to the ninth circuit over the objection of both california senators. he filed an amicus brief in support of hobby lobby petition to deny female employees of that corpora

i have directly dealt with them and the legislature.i have done more to deal with the biggest problems that we -- the problems that allow us to address everything else. think it is exciting and i look forward to getting myself out there. >> do you think your executive experience gives you an edge? gov. bullock: i think that is ultimately up to the voters. i think the experience that i have, both in a state like that, as a governor, and as attorney general and in bridging some of the divide in getting government to work is meaningful. hopefully the gutter voters wile that. [inaudible] iowa is having the same thing montana is having. you are getting hit on both sides. you are losing the markets and also the inputs to steel and aluminum. policies kind of lead us to the, america alone. -- that is not the way you do it with tariffs. you take china to the wto and get fair trade. what we are doing now will only hurt your producers and mine. >> what about immigration? i have not heard you talk much about the southern border. look, democrats bel